Jar-holder.



B. F. BAIN.

JAR HOLDER,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1910.

970,365. Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

INVENTOR WITNESSES j ELF/90V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. BAIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WOLVERINE SUP-PLY &; MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

J AR-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed July 26, 1910. Serial No. 573,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BAIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in jar orcan holders, and has for its main object to provide a convenient deviceby means of which a cylindrical jar, can or other receptacle may behandled or firmly held while the cover is being placed thereon orremoved therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter by means of which an effective grip may be obtained upon theobject being held while leverage is being applied to the cover inplacing the latter on the can or jar or removing the same therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter stated employing a resilient or flexible band for gripping theobject or receptacle being held and which band is readily attachable toand detachable from the leverage means employed for tightening the bandupon the object, so as to provide for the ready use of bands ofdifferent sizes if desired, although generally a single band may beoperated upon so as to cause the same to firmly grip jars or cans ofvarying diameters.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a gripping devicethat can be easily and quickly manipulated with one hand for grippingand handling a jar or similar receptacle, the device being simple inconstruction, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, free from injury byordinary use, and efficient as a gripping and lifting device for movingreceptacles or articles that could not be ordinarily handled by barehands.

With the above broad objects in view, and other more specific objectsalso in view as will appear as the invention is hereinafter specificallydescribed and then claimed, the invention resides in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter described, and in describing the invention in detail,reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisapplication, and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed fordesignating like parts throughout the different views of the drawings,in which Figure l is a view in perspective of a holder constructed inaccordance with my invention, showing the same in position upon a fruitjar, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the clan'iping levers, andshowing the flexible band engaged therewith, the band being in sectionand in the open position, Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the clampinglovers in the closed position, and Fig. 4: 1s a detail plan or face viewof one of the short arms of the levers, showing a face view of one ofthe securing lugs for the flexible band, and illustrating a portion ofthe latter in dotted lines.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a resilient or flexibleclamping band 5, usually made of thin sheet metal, the ends of which aregiven an angular bend and provided with oblong slots 7. In connectionwith the clannaing band, I employ a pair of clamping levers embodyingthe long arms 8 which serve as handles for the device, and which arepivotally connected by the rivet or pivot pin 9. The short arms of theselovers are designated by the numeral 10, said short arms being somewhatin the form of jaws, the inner faces of the same being materiallybroadened, so as to approach at least in width, to the width of theflexible band 5. On the inner face of each short arm 9, is a lug 11,rectangular in form, and substantially the size of the rectangular slotsprovided near the ends of the flexible band. The inner or rear wall ofeach of these lugs is cut away from a point near the outer face of thelug to the base of the latter, thus providing at the inner or rear endof the lug a rearwardly extending lip 12 which acts to hold the end ofthe band on the lug both during use of the device, and when the deviceis not in use. The outer or forward ends of these lugs are beveled offor rounded, as at 14 in order to allow of the band moving over the lugsas the clamping levers or handles are closed together.

In Fig. 1, the device is shown as applied to a jar 15 of the ordinarytype. To tighten the resilient or flexible band 5 upon the jar, thehandles 8 are pressed toward each other, thus causing the short arms ofthe clamping levers to move toward each other, and also causing the endsof the band 5 to shift on the lugs from the position shown in Fig. 2, tothe position shown in Fig. 3, such shifting being permitted by therounded off outer ends of the lugs. This brings the inner ends of theslots in the band up under the lips on the rear ends of the lugs, andeffectively prevents any slipping of the ends of the band from off thelugs, while at the same time, the inner faces of the short arms at apoint beyond the outer ends of the lugs have come into engagement withthe resilient or flexible band, as shown in Fig. 3, and the band is thusdrawn tightly around the jar so as to most effectually hold the same.

WVhen the pressure upon the handles is relieved, the tension of theresilient band separates the handles to the position shown in Fig. 2,thus releasing the receptacle and allowing the holder to be removed.This operation is accomplished by one hand and after the holder has beenremoved from the receptacle, the angular ends of the band assume aposition at an angle to the length of the lugs, so that by taking holdof the band near one end and pushing toward the pivots of the handles,the end of the band may be readily disengaged from the lug, the oppositeend disengaged, and a larger or smaller b'and placed in engagement withthe lugs should it be desired to use such a band. I attach considerableimportance to the fact that the band can be easily made and whenattached to the lugs the band is always held in position ready forimmediate use, the manner of attaching the ends of the band to the lugsremoving all danger of the ends of the band being injured by ordinaryuse and insuring a smooth and unin terrupted surface in connection withthe band for gripping a receptacle. It is a desideratum in connectionwith articles of this kind ordinarily styled household articles, toconstruct the same as simply as possible in order that its manipulationcan be easily explained, understood and performed by women. For thisreason, the construction has been simplified to that degree as to renderthe operation positive and effectual in gripping a receptacle.

From the foregoing it will be observed that my invention resides in themanner in which the ends of the band are connected to the clampinglevers and the manner in which the short arms of the levers are formedso as to be brought against the band at points beyond where the band issecured to the arms, so as to provide for drawing the band more tightlyaround the object being held. It is the particular construction of theseshort arms of the clamping levers and the manner in which the flexibleband is connected thereto to which I make claim without limiting myselfto the precise construction shown and described.

What I claim is A holder of the class described comprising thecombination with pivotally connected clamping levers having long andshort arms and off-set lugs on the plane inner faces of said shortarm's, said lugs provided at their rear ends with retaining lips andhaving their forward ends rounded, of a flat resilient clamping bandhaving slots near the ends and engageable with and disengageable fromsaid lugs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

I BENJAMIN F. BAIN.

Witnesses i KARL H. BUTLER, EVA A. MI'LNE;

